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Yunus Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
A or The?
........ disease that causes the most deaths worldwide each year is heart disease.
Which one should it be a or the?
I have chosen a ( because at the beginning of the sentence we don't know anything, which disease but my teacher said to me it is absolutely the
and his opinion is that sentence contains the most therefore it must be the) What do you think about it?
Thanks in advance.
Which one should it be a or the?
I have chosen a ( because at the beginning of the sentence we don't know anything, which disease but my teacher said to me it is absolutely the
and his opinion is that sentence contains the most therefore it must be the) What do you think about it?
Thanks in advance.
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the answer is "the". It's called a definite article because It defines something. "a" is an indefinite article.
- the answer is "the".
- It's called a definite article because It defines something.
- "a" is an indefinite article.
- hints the name.
- Hope i was helpful:-) Vinci
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the answer is "the". It's called a definite article because It defines something.
"a" is an indefinite article. It refers to something in general or indefinite...hints the name.
Hope i was helpful:-)
Vinci
"a" is an indefinite article. It refers to something in general or indefinite...hints the name.
Hope i was helpful:-)
Vinci
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Suppose you imagine three friends of yours. Suppose one (A) has $100. Another (B) has $150. The third (C) has $200.
If you say:
A person that has the most money is C.
it means something like
An example of a person that has the most money is named C.
This implies that there may be other examples to be found of a person tha
If you say:
A person that has the most money is C.
it means something like
An example of a person that has the most money is named C.
This implies that there may be other examples to be found of a person tha
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thanks vinci and especially califjim. you cleared up my confuse now it is obviously clear for me.
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WHICH disease [that] causes the most deaths worldwide each year [is heart disease]?
When you can reformulate the phrase in the interrogative using WHICH, as in the above, you know you need the THE, because it indicates specificity (WHICH specific disease).
When you can reformulate the phrase in the interrogative using WHICH, as in the above, you know you need the THE, because it indicates specificity (WHICH specific disease).
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